With the season all but over for the Los Angeles Lakers, the time has come to give young players some more opportunity. After the playoffs became clearly out of reach, the Lakers have started to give some players more minutes than we saw earlier in the season.
Despite the Lakers clearly looking toward next season, it has been puzzling to see the inconsistent minutes for Moritz Wagner. Wagner was the first-round pick of the Lakers this season, but never really saw meaningful minutes.
Compared to draft picks of recent years like Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, and Josh Hart, Wagner did not have the same immediate impact that those three had.